Maybe better footing wise but it's a "bull ring" and if it didn't have a prime holiday race date it's gone burger.
Whoever said Westport is "by far the best track on the coast" has obviously never ridden there.
All coast tracks are BAD and if they never had prime holiday race dates they're history IMO.
Mr. Pitman has the right idea though, he gets all the spoils on the southern Christmas circuit while the others wait for the usually heavy coast tracks with North Island competition !